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County Courthouse

Vermillion County Courthouse
Courthouse Square
Newport, IN 47966-0008
Phone: 765.492.3500&

County Health Department has birth and death records from 1882
County Clerk has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1824
County Recorder has land records. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1824--Vermillion County was created 2 January 1824 from Parke County.  County seat: Newport ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Edgar County, Illinois
• Fountain
• Parke
• Vermilion County, Illinois
• Vigo
• Warren

Resources

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Vermillion County  Linkpendium

Census

For tips on accessing Vermillion County, Indiana census records online, see: Indiana Census.

• Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Vermillion County, Indiana (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
• Residents in Vermillion County, Indiana (1874) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Church

Court

Directories

• Directory of Businesses in Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana (1858) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Land

• Early Villages Platted in Vermillion County ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)

Local Histories

• B.F. Bowen & Co. History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana: With Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen, 1913.) 977.2 H2hpv FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection   other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE 
  

• Biographical and Historical Record of Vermillion County, Indiana: Containing Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States from Washington to Cleveland, with Accompanying Biographies of Each : a Condensed History of the State of Indiana : Portraits and Biographies of Some of the Prominent Men of the State : Engravings of Prominent Citizens in Vermillion County, with Personal Histories of Many of the Leading Families, and a Concise History of the County and Its Villages. (La Crosse, Wis: Brookhaven Press, 2002.)    other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE

Maps

Military

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883 Vermillion County, Indiana (Source:Internet Archive)
• Revolutionary War 1775-1783

1. Revolutionary War Soldiers of Vermillion County (Source: Wabash Valley Visions & Voices)

• World War I  1914-1918

1. Men and Women who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918 (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
2. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Vermillion County (Source: Explore Ancestry. com ) ($)

• World War II   1941-1945

1. Vermillion County, Indiana World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps (Source: AccessGenealogy)
   

Civil War

Civil War service men from Vermillion County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Vermillion County.

• 6th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Companies A, L and M 
• 7th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company D
• 14th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company F
• 18th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company C
• 24th Battery, Indiana Light Artillery
• 43rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
• 48th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
• 85th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company D
• 97th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 115th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company E
• 129th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
• 149th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, and E
• 152nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K

Civil War Books

• "Military History Of Verllion County" Chapter 6 in B.F. Bowen & Co. History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana: With Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. (Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen, 1913 ), (page 268-288, Regiment, Companies; "Knight Of The Golden Circle", page 272; Soldier's Diary, Page 283-288), 977.2 H2hpv FHL US/CAN Book FHL Collection   other libraries  INTERNET ARCHIVE 

Newspapers

• Newspaper Records  Linkpendium

Probate

Taxation

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Vermillion County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Vermillion County, Indiana 217 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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